Gov/Pol Final- Review

2. What type of government does the United States have?

• Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Theocracy
• Representative Democracy

5. Who was NOT considered a citizen when the constitution was made?

• African Americans
• Native Americans
• Women
• All of the above

9. What is the idea of “checks and balances”?

• Dividing responsibilities between the 3 branches
• Dividing power between states and federal government
• Each branch has the ability to stop or restrain by amending or vetoing the acts of the other two branches.
• Government is ruled by the people.

6. An addition to a document such as the Constitution; adding additional parts at the end

• Veto
• Judicial Review
• Amendment
• Impeachment

3. Who would agree with this statement: People are bad, so they need a strong government to keep order.

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke

8. To follow the idea of Separation of Powers, the federal government is divided into ____ branches.

• 3
• 6
• 9
• 10

1. What is a government?

• Believing in god or gods
• Group of people that have power to rule in a territory
• Art, traditions, values, and culture
• Distributing goods and services

10. The job of the executive branch is to

• Make laws
• Enforce laws
• Interpret laws
• None of the above

4. "People legally recognized by the government, with rights and responsibilities" are called

• Permanent Residents
• Citizens
• Illegal Aliens
• Presidents

12. The federal courts were created to

• assist Congress in making the laws.
• make the laws.
• declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional.
• protect the powers of the states.